At a theme park in Zhuhai, something unusual happened this week. More than three hundred robots started work as full-time staff. They greet visitors, dance on stage, answer questions about sea animals and even play rock-paper-scissors with children. This is the world’s first theme park where embodied robots are used on such a large scale every day.
The park is Chimelong Spaceship, the largest indoor theme park in the world. It was built by the travel company Chimelong together with AGIBOT, a Chinese robot maker. The robots cover seven kinds of work, from performances and guided tours to hotel service and science lessons. In total, there are more than one hundred places in the park where visitors can meet them.
One robot at the opening ceremony was special. It was the twenty-thousandth robot that AGIBOT has made. The company handed it to Chimelong as a new employee. The two companies also signed a ten-year agreement to work together, and opened a research centre to study how robots can be used in tourism.
Robots in parks are not new. Many parks use a few machines to sing or dance for a short show. The difference here is that these robots work every day and have to deal with real crowds. They must understand what a visitor says, move safely among people, and stay useful when the first excitement is gone. That is a much harder test than a stage performance.
Some people ask whether visitors will keep paying to see robots after the novelty fades. The park’s answer is that robots should do simple, repeated jobs so that human workers can do more valuable things. Whether this idea works will be decided by the visitors themselves, one ticket at a time.
Words to know:
- scale (规模)
- staff (员工，全体工作人员)
- embodied (具身的，有实体的)
- guided (有导游的，有引导的)
- ceremony (典礼，仪式)
- agreement (协议)
- novelty (新鲜感，新奇)
- valuable (有价值的)
长难句拆解 · 并列动词 + 宾语从句
原句：They must understand what a visitor says, move safely among people, and stay useful when the first excitement is gone.
主干：They must understand …, move …, and stay useful. 结构：三个动词原形 understand、move、stay 并列，共用一个情态动词 must，所以后两项前面不再重复 must。what a visitor says 是宾语从句，作 understand 的宾语。when the first excitement is gone 是时间状语从句，修饰 stay useful。 语法点：宾语从句用 what 而不用 that，因为 what 本身在从句中作 says 的宾语，相当于 the things that。写作时把并列项控制在三个以内，句子才不会失控。 直译：它们必须听懂游客说的话，在人群中安全移动，并且在最初的新鲜感过去之后依然有用。
再看一句：Whether this idea works will be decided by the visitors themselves, one ticket at a time. 主干：Whether this idea works will be decided by the visitors. 结构：Whether this idea works 是主语从句，整体作句子的主语，谓语是被动语态 will be decided by。one ticket at a time 是方式状语，表示「一张票一张票地」。 语法点：whether 引导的主语从句作主语时，谓语按单数处理；这类句型常用来表达「某事能否成立，取决于……」。 直译：这个想法能不能行得通，将由游客自己决定——一张票一张票地决定。
同义替换 · 雅思阅读利器
题目往往不会照抄原文的词，而是换一种说法，认出替换就能快速定位答案。
- started work as full-time staff → began working as regular employees（作为全职员工开始上班）
- on such a large scale → at such a big level / in such great numbers（以如此大的规模）
- handed it to Chimelong → delivered it to Chimelong（把它交付给长隆）
- deal with real crowds → handle large numbers of real visitors（应对真实的客流）
- a much harder test than a stage performance → a far bigger challenge than a show on stage（比舞台演出难得多）
- after the novelty fades → once the first excitement wears off（新鲜感消退之后）
- do more valuable things → take on work of greater value（做更有价值的工作）
阅读自测 · 3 题
- 判断题：根据第一段，这是世界上第一个大规模使用具身智能机器人的主题乐园。请判断 True / False / Not Given。
- 简答题：According to paragraph 3, what number was the robot delivered at the opening ceremony?
- 选词填空（从 crowd、novelty、agreement、scale 中选）：The two companies signed a ten-year ____, but the robots still have to work in front of a real ____ every day.
参考答案与解析
- True。第一段 This is the world’s first theme park where embodied robots are used on such a large scale every day 与题干一致。干扰项套路是「偷换程度」：文中说的是「大规模、每天常态化」，若题干删掉 large scale 改成「第一个使用机器人的主题乐园」，就把限定条件放大了。
- 20,000 (the twenty-thousandth)。第三段 It was the twenty-thousandth robot that AGIBOT has made 直接给出答案。紧跟的 The company handed it to Chimelong as a new employee 只说明这台机器人的去向，若把它读成「长隆下单买了两万台」，就把累计产量偷换成了订单数量。
- agreement；crowd。第一空对应第三段 signed a ten-year agreement；第二空对应第四段 have to deal with real crowds。scale 与 novelty 都是文中出现过的词，但位置不对，属于「原文有词、张冠李戴」型干扰项。
中文译文
本周，在珠海的一家主题乐园里发生了不寻常的一幕。三百多台机器人作为全职员工开始上班。它们迎接游客、在舞台上跳舞、回答关于海洋动物的问题，甚至和孩子们玩石头剪刀布。这是世界上第一个如此大规模、每天都使用具身智能机器人的主题乐园。
这座乐园是长隆飞船乐园，全球最大的室内主题乐园。它由文旅企业长隆与中国机器人公司智元联手打造。这些机器人覆盖七类工作，从演艺表演、导览服务到酒店服务和科普课程。园内可供游客与它们互动的地点总共有一百多个。
开园仪式上有一台机器人很特别。它是智元制造的第两万台机器人。公司把它交给长隆，作为一位新员工。两家公司还签署了为期十年的合作协议，并成立了一个研究中心，研究机器人在文旅场景中如何使用。
乐园里的机器人并不新鲜。许多乐园会用几台机器唱歌跳舞，做一场很短的表演。这里的不同之处在于，这些机器人每天都要工作，而且必须面对真实的客流。它们必须听懂游客说的话，在人群中安全移动，并且在最初的新鲜感过去之后依然有用。这比一场舞台演出要难得多。
有人问，新鲜感消退之后，游客还会继续花钱看机器人吗？乐园的回答是，机器人应当去做简单重复的工作，好让人类员工去做更有价值的事。这个想法能不能行得通，将由游客自己决定——一张票一张票地决定。